An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

Film produced by the Puppeteers of America documenting a visit from Jim Henson and Frank Oz to MIT in 1989. It features an introduction as well as closing comments by Frank Oz both from 1993.

Cast

Frank Oz

as Self

Jim Henson

as Self

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